Something Worth Saying

Given the amount of takes I've seen online making fun of the "both sides are bad" idea, I felt this was worth posting.

"Both sides are equally bad" is not only a terrible take, it's downright wrong. As in false. Only one side wants to elect a convicted felon to the highest office in our government. Only one side has seen its violent, conspiratorial fringes invade the mainstream to a massive extent. Only one side stormed the Capitol when their candidate lost and caused horrific trauma to the guards on the Capitol steps. Everyone who forcibly entered the Capitol on January 6th has the blood of the four officers who committed suicide after the riot on their hands. I firmly believe that. The Republicans have become a party of insurrectionists, and have left sensible people like Mitt Romney by the wayside. Thanks to everything that has happened in their party since 2016, it will be years before I will even consider voting red.

"Both sides are bad" is the objective truth. The Republican Party being a hot bigoted mess does not make the Democratic Party a delightful assembly of sinless angels. Joe Biden is too old to be President and is not without a sketchy past (it's impossible to succeed in politics without one). The left is absolutely home to people just as dangerous and bigoted as those on the right (though unlike the right, they have yet to find a place in the mainstream). For some on the left, a desire for the Palestinian people to have peace and safety (something I certainly support) has given way to ugly expressions of antisemitism. And let's not forget Biden's recent decision to smile as his supporters chanted "lock him up," the kinds of chants he has rightfully attacked Trump for not standing up against. The fact that Trump should be locked up doesn't make it look any better for Biden.

So, now you have my two cents on the matter. I don't like Biden very much, but he gets my vote. He gets my vote because the alternative is infinitely worse. I am choosing "bad" over "evil."